Name:_________________________ Date:____________
Figurative Language
SIMILE:
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Class example: My nephew is like a race car when he crawls around
the house.
My example: ______________________________________
METAPHOR: Comparing two unlike things
WITHOUT using like or as.
Class example: The girl is a flower, so sweet and beautiful.
My example: ______________________________________
HYPERBOLE: An extreme exaggeration.
Class example: I waited a million years for the new Harry Potter
book to come out!
My example: ______________________________________
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Her eyes were diamonds.
Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.
Books are airplanes ready to take the reader to another
destination.
It’s so hot outside that I could cook my dinner on this sidewalk!
The tree is a soldier guarding the entrance to the park.